2023: Co-founder of the start-up “Noisy Labs”
Since 2014: Professor (W3) for Experimental Physics, Universität Hamburg, Germany
2008–2014: Professor (W2), Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
2003–2008: Junior Professor, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
2002–2003: Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Research, Hannover, Germany
2000–2002: Fellowship of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2000: Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany
1999: Doctorate in Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, supervisor: Manfred Kock
1994–1999: Scientific Assistant, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
1988–1994: Degree in Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

2019–2022: Member of the Steering Committee (director of Outreach & Transfer) of the Cluster of Excellence “Quantum Universe”, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Since 2018: Full member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg
2013–2017: Chair of the “Quantum Noise Working Group”, LIGO Scientific Collaboration